Actually it was a 3 year hiatus she took. She released a spanish album in 2009 called Mi Plan and won a latin grammy. Mi Plan debuted in the top 40 on the billboard 200. She released a greatest hits album in 2010 with three new songs and released a single called Night Is Young that did not chart in the U.S. and did a few featured collabs every now and then. Actually Nelly never actually took a break. This is just her first english studio album in 6 years. Maybe it would of been better if she released it in june or pushed back the release again. It is sad that her english album is doing worse than her spanish album, since I heard it debuted at #79. Hopefully, the album will go higher when she goes on tour or hopefully Parking Lot will chart not only in the clubs but airplay charts too. She should have released big hoops to rhythmic radio instead of maintream and Something with Nas should have been released to radio too. I think the album would of done better. She basically is promoting the album herself, hopefully she'll still go on tour. But it looks like her touring for 2 years plan is out the window!